Al Jazeera says U.S. forces arrest two employees

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Thats just the ticket. If you don't like the news, arrest the news reporters. Yup.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27566124.htm

DOHA, July 27 (Reuters) - The Arabic television network Al Jazeera said on Sunday U.S. forces had arrested their correspondent and driver in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul while they filmed an attack on American troops.

"They were filming a civilian Iraqi car shooting at American forces in Mosul. So the Americans arrested the driver and the correspondent," an Al Jazeera official told Reuters, but said he had no further information.

Earlier this month, Iraqi police arrested and later released four of the Arab station's employees in Iraq, suspecting one of them of inciting violence.

Al Jazeera had said the earlier arrests were sparked by tension with U.S. forces in Iraq over its coverage of attacks on American troops.

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[wontmoveon]

1. We must not let the American people find out what is really going on.

Deception by any means!

[Sushi_lover]

2. arrested? held? questioned?

Not enough info at this point.

But if I were an American commander over there, I'd want to know if Al Jazeera had advance warning of the attack.

Here's an interesting question:

If you find out we've been bugging the phones of Al Jazeera's Iraqi news teams, will you be outraged?

I would be concerned. It would be another example where "democracy" was exported without the Bill of Rights.

I would also be suspicious. What would justify the bugging? Real evidence of Al Jazeera knowledge of attacks?